Went to Dalneigh School and grew up just across the canal from Telford Street Park so was a regular there from the start of the 70s. Spent many happy hours in the Howden End and was never happier than when Caley were beating league teams in the Scottish Cup. Just thinking about it I saw them beat Stenhousemuir (x2), Alloa, Albion Rovers, Clyde and Airdrie. Happy Days!
I supported the merger from the off and voted for it. Have never regretted that decision.
Sometimes I think our younger fans who never spent time in Telford Street or Kingsmills Park don't quite appreciate the enormity of what has happened. When I see ICT beat Celtic or Rangers it still completely blows my mind. I could only have dreamt of things like that happening when I was a young man. I have lived some of my dreams and am blessed indeed.
Perhaps, though, the greatest achievement of the lot is the merger itself. That is a real rarity in recent football history though it clearly once happened a lot if you look at all the Uniteds around the place.
It annoys me a bit on these forums when Caley and Thistle are treated as something completely different from Inverness Caledonian Thistle. The history of the two Highland League sides are part of Inverness Caledonian Thistle's history and I don't think we should try and seperate it.